High quality and competitive postal services for citizens and businesses – State aid control in the postal sector

Occasional papers by staff of the Competition Directorate–General of the European Commission about policy issues and key cases.Postal markets in Europe are feeling the impact of regulatory and technological change. Through State aid control, the Commission seeks to ensure a level playing field between the postal incumbents – which are often supported by the State but also entrusted with costly public service obligations and burdened by legacy costs inherited from the past – and new entrants, which rarely benefit from State support. Ultimately, this allows customers to get the highest quality service for the lowest price, both for traditional letter mail and in the fast-expanding field of parcel delivery.

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